The Novice Knight found himself surrounded by layers of players.
Meanwhile, at the main exit on the northern side of Fog Town, the battle was unfolding very differently.
Boom!
An Ice Crystal Lance radiating waves of cold swept outward!
Where its tip passed, three unaffiliated players lying in ambush beside the road were swept away by the raging blizzard before they could even raise their Ash Chains. They dissolved into white light in midair!
The Second-Tier Knight Captain mounted on his warhorse wore an intensely grave expression.
He hadn't let his guard down for even a moment!
As a battle-hardened Second-Tier Knight, he had long since anticipated that these treacherous savages would set an ambush at the exit!
That was why he had pushed the divine power within him to its limit from the very beginning.
The Ice Crystal Lance in his hand gave no traps a chance to take shape. He charged straight through, forcibly smashing past every obstacle through the sheer advantage of his level!
The dilapidated gate of Fog Town was now right before him.
Once he made it through, the open wilderness beyond would leave him free to go anywhere!
"You rabble think you can stop me?"
A cold smile crept onto the Knight Captain's lips, mingling bloodlust with relief at his narrow escape.
Just as he galloped forward with his lance in hand, less than a hundred meters from the gate-
Boom! Boom!
Two dense clouds of Ash Mist suddenly erupted without warning from the ruins on either side of the exit!
The two clouds spread instantly, creating a ten-meter-long blind spot that completely sealed off the main exit!
"Cowards hiding in the shadows! Get out of my way!"
The Knight Captain's expression turned cold. His three-meter-long Ice Crystal Lance whirled into motion, ready to